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Tennessee River

Alabama
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
I  was born across the riv-er
  in the moun-tains  where I call home.
  Lord, times were good there. Don't know  why
  I ever roamed_____
 Oh, Tennessee  River and a mountain  man,
  We get to-gether  anytime we can.
  Oh, Tennessee River and a mountain  man,
  we play to-gether  in Mother Nature's band.
 Me and my woman's done made our  plans
  on the Tennessee  River,  walkin' hand in hand
   Gonna  raise a fam-ly,  Lord, settle down
  where peace and  love can still be  found.
 Repeat Chorus, then increase tempo, and play chords to the chorus on the
 fiddle solo.
G6--0-- G--3-- G--4--|
--0-- --3-- --4--|
--0-- --4-- --5--|
--0-- --5-- --6--|
--x-- --5-- --6--|
--3-- --3-- --4--|
  Enjoy! I love playin' this song.
 Doug "'Bama rules" Smith
 P.S. in the live version on CD, they do an extra verse in the middle the
 lyrics to it are:
 This mountain king, 's done left his throne
 On the Tennessee River and his mountain home
 But I'm goin' back, leavin' today
 to my homeland, so far away
 Drivin' down to Dixie, wastin' no time
 Back to the good life I left behind
 Goin' to the river with my fishin' line
 I'm on Lookout Mountain about suppertime

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Readable chord sheet for Tennessee River by Alabama

[A]   [A]   [A]   [A]

[A]I was born across the riv-[E]er
        in the moun-[D]tains where I call [A]home.
        Lord, times were good there.  Don't know [E] why
        I ever roamed_[D]____[A]

Oh, Tennessee [A] River and a mountain [G6] man,
    We get to-[D]gether anytime we can[A].
    Oh, Tennessee River and a mountain [G6] man,
    we play to-[D]gether in Mother Nature's band[A].

[A]   [A]   [A]   [G6]   [G6]   [D]   [D]   [A]

[A] Me and my woman's done made our [E] plans
         on the Tennessee [D] River, [C] walkin' hand in hand [A]
     [G] Gonna [G#] raise a fam-[A]ly, Lord, settle down [E]
         where peace and [D] love can still be [A] found.

Repeat Chorus, then increase tempo, and play chords to the chorus on the
fiddle solo.

G6--0--       G--3--     G
  --0--        --3--       --4--|
  --0--        --4--       --5--|
  --0--        --5--       --6--|
  --x--        --5--       --6--|
  --3--        --3--       --4--|

     Enjoy!  I love playin' this song.

Doug "'Bama rules" Smith

P.S. in the live version on CD, they do an extra verse in the middle the
lyrics to it are:

This mountain king, 's done left his throne
On the Tennessee River and his mountain home
But I'm goin' back, leavin' today
to my homeland, so far away

Drivin' down to Dixie, wastin' no time
Back to the good life I left behind
Goin' to the river with my fishin' line
I'm on Lookout Mountain about suppertime

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